Eragon's Top Secret Journal
Day One:
In teirim...
Can barely write letter things. Just got done with lessons with Brom. The Man tends to ramble.
Personal status: not king yet...
Day Two:
Raided big castle today. Got records needed to find bug guys. Note: castles made of stone, not plaster. do not beat head on wall. Am very tired now, but gotta see dragon.
Personal status: Still not king yet...
Day Three:
Left Teirim today. Big to do about getting out fast. Got chased. Was scared. Running for life.
Personal status: Running...not king yet...
Day Four:
Going to Bigger city, Dras Leona. Gonna get revenge on bug guys. Flew on dragon, Saphira, almost fell off. Did not think dragons could laugh. Was proved wrong. Will never fly again until I gain sense of balance. Saphira still laughing. Brom too.
Personal status: humiliated...not king yet...
Day Five:
Got to Dras Leona. Went into big church place. Very boring but might go back.
Saw slave market too, very unimpressive. Staying at ratty old motel, beds flea infested. Thumb-wrestled Brom for bed. Will sleep on floor tonight.
Personal status: not king yet.
Day Six:
Went back to church place. Found by bug guys. Get to run out of town again.
Are being big time chased by bug guys and soldiers. When am king, will fire bug guys.
Personal status: Tired of running...Not king...
Day Seven:
Bugs guys found camp. Chased away by mysterious cool guy, but hurt brom.
At least brom can't ramble now and I will give him his own safety first talk.
Personal Status: Handwriting not improving...not king yet.
Day Eight:
Cool guy named Murtagh, wants to help. Brom still asleep...lazy bum. Have decided that am cooler than Murtagh. Doesn't like my sword. Says was once evil sword...stupid excuse. Makes good soup though...
Personal status: Cooler than Murtagh...not king
Day Nine:
Murtagh taller than me! Am furious! Having second thoughts on who is cooler after watching murtagh shave. Don't have beard yet. Brom still hurt. Won't let murtagh help until stops being cool. Won't let him come with either.
Personal Status: Stubborn... not king yet...groan...
Day Ten:
Brom got dead...will miss him, only a little. Buried him and saphira made sparkly tomb. Will come back to see tomb again with diamond cutter. Did mention got ribs broke by bug guys? Well murtagh wants to tag along , says can't handle traveling alone with broke ribs. Can to! But was nice and said ok.
Want more soup, murtagh good cook. Gonna find Varden corespondent. Long way to gilead, but got good horse now. Murtagh might have bigger horse, but me got dragon. Could let Saphira eat gray horse, but murtagh might be mad.
Personal Status: Wary of Murtagh... Not king still...
Day Eleven:
Started north toward Gilead where varden guy is. Murtagh slightly touchy about varden, says he wont go to them. That's ok by me and Saphira, don't need him in the first place. Tried to scare away big gray horse today, got caught. Murtagh asked what I was doing. Told him the truth, am a bad liar, he said he needed a horse. Saphira said he could have have my ol' horse when I got rid of his. Murtagh said no. Ribs still broke. Not taller than murtagh yet, but thinking on getting tall shoes. Starting to suspect that murtagh is stronger than me too. Darn.
Personal Status: fed up with Murtagh... not king yet...
Day Twelve:
Had dream about pretty girl, gonna try to find her. Told murtagh about dream... he says that the pretty girl wold fall for him ten times before she even looked my way. Murtagh has been the smart one so far, but no more! I'm WAY more handsome than Mr. Doom and Gloom over there. Groan... Who am Kidding? Murtagh is just plain irresistible to women, or so he says.
Personal Status: in a pout...not king yet...ribs still broke.
Day Thirteen:
Haven't written for days, passing by Urubaen. Extreme amount of Galby's soldiers around area. Don't wanna get caught. At least that's what brom said.
Brom also said that if this journey-ma-jiggie thing worked I'd be king. So far has worked, but still not king! Checking village jails for the pretty dream girl, not because of dreamland jail cell, but brom, saphira AND murtagh said that any girl dumb enough to fall for yours truly, would be found in jail. Tried to get into murtagh's mind via magic. He got a little testy...no soup tonight.
Personal Status:Hungry...not king...
Day Fourteen:
Camped outside Gilead. Murtagh thinks that I shouldn't go into town, as will probably make big show and get killed. Didn't think so, but if he puts it that way, Want to live. Saphira backed him up...traitor. Murtagh is Probably right, as usual, but tends to rub it in face. Meany McMeany pants! Ribs not broke now. Have taken to slow-motion sword fight as do not have partner. Murtagh may have read diary, gonna hide it now.
Personal Status: Not king yet...
Day Fifteen:
Murtagh got back from gilead in big hurry. Some friend of his went and blabbed on him being in the area. Murtagh might be wanted... hasn't said much about past, would probably fall asleep if heard it. He met the varden guy though. The only good thing he has done so far, besides soup. Going to sleep while we wait for the varden dude. If M's friend doesn't set the dogs on us.
Personal Status: Not king Yet...no beard yet either...don't get it...
Day Sixteen:
I got caught, murtagh did not. Urgals caught me but i am in a human jail. There is also a shade here, shade are universal symbol of badness. They drugged me so I can not use magic, and I have the compulsion to over use pronouns. I also saw the dream girl here. Murtagh was right, she is a jailbird. She is an elf by the way...Elves are really pretty. Murtagh will probably make her fall in love with him though. Apparently Dark brown is the new black, and murtagh's hair is both dark brown AND almost Black. I have light brown hair...waa. Gotta get out before they send me to Galby. I am not sure what happened to Murtagh or saphira, but they better help get me out!
Personal Status: I am not King yet...darn this drugged talk.
Day Seventeen:
met the shade, had to pretend to be drugged, even though drug wore off. Shade not at all charming, redhead very temperamental. Tried to find out true name thingy, told a lie, which sounded drugged, but was supposed to be drugged, so ok. Used mind to try to find partners in crime. will try again tomorrow.
Personal Status: In jail...not king yet...
Day Eighteen:
Not in jail now. Talked to dragon with head power, saphira said murtagh was gonna rescue me. Didn't think murtagh could get in. got out of cell myself and started lookin' for the elf lady. Got caught by seven or eight of Galby's minions, but murtagh finally showed and help get rid of 'em. Found elf lady, murtagh thought she was pretty. Was worn out from magic stuff, murtagh got to carry elfie. Got caught again by shade, fought a little bit, murtagh shot the shade and killed him, with bow. Murtagh probably not as good with sword as me, can't be perfect at everything, come on! Saphira broke roof and got us outta there. Got air sick, probably a side-affect of magic usage.
Personal Status: not king yet...
Day Nineteen:
dragon got arrow in the wing. Had to pull out arrow before wound got infection. Had murtagh hold wing down while pulled out arrow. He got knocked down, didn't help him up, cuz if he was really as strong as he's cracked up to be, then he shouldn't need help. Always knew he was on of them guys, hit them on the chin and they go to pieces. Running for our lives by the way, after we got escaped from jail the whole army came after us fugitives.
Personal Status: running again...not king yet...
Day Twenty:
still running. Murtagh finally took a pound or two off his pride and let me make a decision for once. Gonna run all the way t the beor mountains. Murtagh was surprisingly ok. But he still spat a bunch of baloney about not wanting to see the varden. Didn't question him. Murtagh very quiet, but if you get him going he can ramble longer than brom used to. That's a long ramble...
Personal Status: running...not king...
Day Twenty-one:
Still running, but have horses so not that tired. Stopped to camp a little, had cold leftover soup, still good. Asked murtagh to fight me for practice, since got tired of slow motion. Fought for long time, got a little sweaty, nobody won. Apparently we're equal matches, or so said saphira. Saphira thinks she smart or something, always has a wisecrack.
Personal Status: not king yet...still running...
Day Twenty-two:
fought with murtagh again today. Elf in some sort of coma, won't wake up. Still running, getting more tired. Murtagh say's we'll lose the army when we cross the river. What river? Failed geography, wouldn't know. Not even sure where I used to live, 'cept on a farm.
Personal Status: homesick...not king...obviously, kings don't run...
Day Twenty-three:
Handwriting not improved since day one, brom knew a hopeless case when one came up. Crossing river tomorrow, not really that hip about water, too wet.
Personal Status: Trying to remember breaststroke...not king...
Day Twenty-four:
River was very wide. Had to have Saphira fly the horses and me across water. Yea! Didn't get too wet. (oh and murtagh was there too). Can slow pace a little bit, but still have to go fast. Might go across dessert if can get water for trip. If not we are stuck.
Personal Status: pondering water...not king yet...
Day Twenty-five:
My glorious smart brain! Found way to get water out of sand, almost killed myself too. Going to cross dessert. Will get there tomorrow if hurry.
Personal Status: Happy...sad, not king yet...
Day Twenty-six:
in desert. No fun at all. Too much sand in eyes, mouth, nose...everywhere. Murtagh really grumpy, say's everything now in a growly voice. Bad mood spreading, saphira likes it here though. Always knew dragons were nuts. Starting to see distant hills on the horizon, but just got to desert so that's impossible. Can't be to foothills yet, or can we?
Personal Status: puzzled over hills...not stupid king yet...
Day Twenty-seven:
can't believe eyes, hills are bottoms of giant mountains! The Beors? Mighty big! Pointed this out to partner in bad mood, murtagh. He yelled at the distraction, then mouth fell open and he went all awestruck. Didn't even thank me for pointing out what was right under his big ol' nose! Ingrates! Talent is wasted over cross-country.
Personal Status: Talent wasted...not king yet...
Day Twenty-eight:
Murtagh thinks that we're being followed. He's probably right again. I did just notice the army STILL following us across the desert. Stupid murtagh, armies can swim, can't they. Might have said the stupid murtagh sentence too loud, just got punched. Gonna make it outta the desert tonight, then we sleep a little.
Speaking of snoozin' the elf is still doing that. Thinking on searching her mind.
Personal Status: Hmm...not king, hmph!...
Day Twenty-nine:
Out of desert, got a little sleep, but had to keep going cuz that army is FAST!
Searched elves mind, named Arya. Told the way to the varden. Murtagh does NOT want to go there, but made deal that he will leave right before, we get there.
Did I mention that arya will die if we don't fix the poison? Gotta hurry.
Personal Status: Running AGAIN!...not king yet...
Day Thirty:
Figured out that army is not men, not on horses either. Urgals, and kull urgals at that! Big big big! Horse too weak to carry them. Murtagh says he met the Urgal leader of this particular group. Mean guy apparently, cuz we're going even faster now! Really tired but put ayra on saphira to fly her around.
Personal Status: running...not king yet.
Day Thirty-one:
met some slaver who tired to pull a fast one and ended up dead. End of story? no. big leader guy asked to be saved but murtagh promptly took his head off. Angry now.
Personal Status: MAD AT MURTAGH... not king yet...
Day Thirty-two:
Into the mountains we go! Looking for secret side valley. Murtagh says there better be an exit, but didn't listen too much. Murtagh just makes worry. What would he do without me?
Personal Status:not king yet...still upset with murtagh' morals...
Day Thirty-three:
Really really tired, horses cant carry us now. Gotta chase them along in front(murtagh's job). Army only league (whatever a league is) away. Gonna catch us if we don't hurry. Arya has one more day to live. Kinda depressed at the thought. Murtagh not trying hard enough to get along, his fault. I'm obviously the friendly one.
Personal Status: Exhausted...not king yet...mad at murtagh...
Day Thirty-four:
Made it to varden, barely! Let's look back...
last night urgals almost caught us. Murtagh stoped running(saw there was no way out) and started yelling. Asked him what was wrong. Again said he didn't want to go to the varden cuz they wouldn't like him. Understandable, but still had to be nice (wuz raised right). Asked him why not. Said he was the son of terible two-timing traitor, Morzan, also dragon killer: now dead. Not sure its true. If so , heck yeah the varden would hate him, didn't say that though. Showed me big long scar on back given to him by supposed father. Jealous now...don't have eight pack. Don't have pack at all, just baby fat. So we started running again, wrong side of waterfall blah blah blah...swam across went inside. Got pulled out of water by short guy, a magic wannabe showed up and wanted to probe minds. Told bout about arya, they took her to get fixed. Had to get mind probed...very painful experience... no thought of minding one's own business. Then wanted to probe murtagh's head too. Told him not to bother...his heads empty anyway. Murtagh got a little mad at that. Said would not be probed. Gotta go now.
Personal Status: no eight pack...not even six pack...only four pack...not king yet.
Day Thirty-five:
slept in hard stone room last night...all murtagh's fault too. Told me the whole might be true story. Turns out really is son of morzan! Got fed little bit, murtagh had to use sword to shave...regrettably talented with sword...got no cuts. No beard yet for me, though might have what murtagh calls "peach fuzz".
Personal Status: no beard...not king yet...
Day Thirty-six:
was taken out of hard rock room through lots o' tunnels to BIG gate way. Rode through on Saphira and saw Tall shiny city mountain, Tronjeim. Vardenese people were watching me and dragon, with mouths open in the wonder of my beauty. May have also watched murtagh...didn't look back at him though. Went into city met dark skinned varden leader, named Ajihad. Got said hello to but moved on quickly. He told murtagh that he had been bad (DUH!) and that he would have to be locked up until his mind was read and spell-checked. He said he would never allow it, and Ajihad said he remembered that voice. Said he hear it spoken by Morzan 20-somethin' years ago. Murtagh was like: what up? Ajihad has heard of murtagh, knew his name, especially after seeing scar on big ol' back (nice tan though). They dragged murtagh off to the hooscow, while got to have tea with the nice man who got rid of murtagh. BTW: there are two little magic wannabes, apparently bald twins don't like me that much...what's not to like? Got the nice top floor room and the little dwarf man gets to be my guide. Going to sleep now.
Personal Status: happy now...not king yet...
Day Thirty-seven:
Explored Tronjeim today... went to big library...had big showdown with twin where they challenged me to a magic duel thing tomorrow. Went back to dragon hold room. Saw the little Werecat from teirim there, and it led me to the witch lady, Angela. Very rude...didn't let me have a chair. Told her the rest of my story.. she was interested about murtagh...blah blah blah... sent me away after that, went back to dragon hold.
Personal Status: Wondering why angela don't like toads...not king yet...
Day Thirty-eight:
went and did magic thing with twins...got them all mad. Then Arya, who is all better now sent them away...BAD TWINS! Fought with swords with arya...thought I might die. Lost fight. Went and got thanked by arya. Went back to dragon hold, dark skinned lady there waiting for me. Named Nasuada...daughter of Ajihad too, strange hairdo. She's seen murtagh, and said I could see him when ever I wanted to now. Went to bed.
Personal Status: tired...not king yet...
Day Thrity-nine:
went and saw murtagh, who was NOT in a cell, but slouching his butt off in an overstuffed mattress and lots o' food. Said he'd been waiting, and that i'd taken forever to get here. I said well SORRY! Stinking ingrate. Told him about everything and mentioned nasuada to him. His eyes went all misty-gross and he said she looked like a princess and a lot more nonsense. HAS HE GONE NUTS? I mean we all knew it was coming, but why nasuada? Has the great murtagh finally fallen for a woman? Why am I talking all this mush, I waste my time far too often. Murtagh says he still won't let the twins probe him. Couple name shall be either Mursuatagh or Nasutagha... that wasted more time didn't it...
Personal Status: wondering about murtagh/nasuada...not king yet...
Day Forty:
got paged in middle of night to see ajihad about a big army of urgals heading right for us. Told him it probably wasn't all that bad and to go back to bed. He kinda got mad and said yes it was very bad and that as punishment for being so disrespectful of his orders, I would get to help collapse tunnels. Fun fun fun!
Personal Status: why bother? Not king yet anyway...
Day Forty-one:
standing in the hollow mountain outside tronjiem with big huge vardenese army waiting for urgals to come up the three open tunnels. Ajihad let murtagh out so he can fight with us. Kinda glad too, murtagh is good warrior on occasion. Arya with us here too, and orik by the way. We da Gang! Call us the ERG! Eragon Rules Gang. Saw angela running around with double sword, and might have seen nasuada too. Wonder if ajihad knows that murtagh likes nasuada. It is simply amazing how fast rumors can turn into a thing! Mursuatagh!
Personal Status: not king yet...WE ARE AWESOME...
Day Forty-two:
The urgals came. Helped a lot. Murtagh's horse rescued me once, oh yeah murtagh too. Twins said I was needed inside the city. So arya flew up with us and, I got to slide down the mega-slide! Got sick. The shade came up through the floor, named durza btw, and started fighting with me. Thought he was dead after murtagh shot him. HA HA murtagh, you didn't kill a shade! oh wait... that's not good, now I gotta kill him. mind-yelled at saphira to get her butt down here and help. Had a mini mind-battle with durza, broke through but got caught in shady mind. Saw all shade's memory's back when he was just carsaib. Then the jerk went all wacko and cut my back open. Hurt really really really bad! Before i passed out, arya used magic and broke the blue jewel, then flew down with dragon. Distracted durza, while I KILLED HIM! OOOO! YEAH! Then passed out. Had dreams of guru guy, who told me to find him...creep. When woke up in hospital bed, angela said they had tried to heal back but I had scar. Then murtagh and arya came in. mutagh got banged on head and ayra got arm cut, but we won battle. I now have scar from right shoulder to left hip, just...like...murtagh...darn. Murtagh said we look a little alike now, cept that he's better looking.
Personal Status: got hurt...not king yet...
Day Forty-three.
Had weird back spasm. Murtagh left with ajihad to kill stray urgals, twins went too. Had to stay home.
Personal Status: not king yet...
Day Forty-four:
lots of people crying around here, can't get any sleep.
Personal Status: tired, back hurts...not king yet...
Day Forty-five:
all not well. Ajihad, twins, and murtagh were coming back. Got attacked by urgals. Ran toward them, but ajihad died right there, said he wanted me to make sure the varden endures. Murtagh and twins just gone, no dead bodies that look like them. Must have been taken prisoner. Phooey, I was happy that while was sick, Murtagh got all my chores. OH NO! no more Mursuatagh or Nasutagha! LOVE LOST! Waaaaaaa! Jormunder, general of varden, came up and so on, yadda yadda yadda. Had to go back to city.
Personal Status: somewhat shocked...not king yet...no beard either... lost a good romance novel plot...
Day Forty-six:
nasuada really really sad! Talked to the counsel of elders today, really snooty bunch o' jerks. Wanted to put nasuada in charge and secretly control her. They didn't say that exactly but i'm awesome so I know. I want nasuada to be free queen, and they wanted me to swear fealty to the VARDEN, or to the point: them. So they called in nasuada, who was all mourny and stuff but still prettyish, and asked her to lead the varden. She said she would and arya looked at me funny like I did something wrong. Nasuada dismissed the council so she could talk to me alone, murtagh would be mad if he were here, and the council, might I add, was PEEVED! Told N I was sorry bout' her dad, she said she was sorry bout' my friend, AND that she really wanted to know murtagh better. She actually shed tears...like one. said that she wouldn't let the council rule her, and I swore fealty to HER. She asked me to do it for all to see when she was crowned after the funeral. Said ok. When out of room met arya, who thought I might have messed up some sort of plan of hers. But I said I didn't and she believed me, so it's cool.
Personal Status: not king yet...
Day Forty-seven:
was summoned to see king Hrothgar, of the dwarfs. Asked me if I found my guide satisfactory. Said yeah. He asked if I thought nasauda was ready to lead or if I wanted to side with C.O.E. Said she was ready. Saphira talked with him a bit, AND said she would FIX THE BIG BLUE BROKEN JEWEL! The king said we could tell everyone and celebrate. It's gonna be a hot time in the old town tonight! OW OW! Saphira drank WAY too much mead and fell on top of me causing a big back pain and we both passed out. Ouch. But woke up to write, then going back to sleep.
Personal Status: hurting...not king yet...
Day Forty-eight:
R.I.P. Ajihad. Funeral was today. Afterward nasuada got crowned and I knocked the C.O.E. Off their block by giving nasuada fealty. Yay me! Arya really liked that part! Afterward nasuada told me her plan of taking the varden to surda, and me going to the elves to get teached. Or Is it taughted? Well anyway, ROADTRIP!
Personal Status: exited...not king yet...pout...
Day Forty-nine:
packed for trip today. Thinking on bringing orik to elesmera. Just for amusement, little man really a hoot.
Personal Status: packing...not king...no beard...tired...back hurts...
Day Fifty:
wating at mouth of tunnel for slowpoke arya to get here so we can hit da road. Orik Is coming too.
Personal Status: pooped out on waiting...not king...
Day Fifty-one:
ayra and nasuada finally got there and nasuada gave me some money, said to hurry and get smart, cuz apparently there's a big ol' war going on. BtW: am part of orik dwarf clan now, got adopted. On our way to elesmera.
Personal Status: not king...yet...
Day Fifty-two:
on the road agiain...hmm hmm hmm hmm! Still in tunnels but will get out soonish, and move on up to tarnag...dwarf city. Weirdcity...arya not eat meat at all, vegetarian? Arya is pretty though. And nice. I guess. Wonder how old she is?
Personal Status: not king yet...feet hurt...
Day Fifty-three:
OUT OF THE DARKNESS! In Tarnag now, in a nice little bedroom, that is not stone! Saw big goat creatures, feldunost, that dwarves ride like horses. Saphira wanted to eat like ten of them...said she couldn't be rude. She's in a pout now. When got to tarnag met group of purple veil dwarves...not funny like orik... who didn't like me. Made me kinda sad...AND started feud thing. Got to chief Undin's house and got to eat and sleep.
Personal Status: am not king yet...
Day Fifty-four:
we ate like pigs! Had big boar thing for main dish, 'cept arya who's vegan or something. Undin almost made saphira mad by treating like she was dumb, but it was cool. Have to stay safe tonight might get dangerous.
Personal Status: not king yet...stuffed...
Day Fifty-five:
when to see dwarf temple. Really boring.
Personal Status: not king yet...
Day Fifty-six:
left city while avoiding dwarf mafia. Felt like spy, really fun. Arya all touchy after arguing with dwarf chief. Headin' north up river on rafts to du weldenvarden.
Personal Status: not king yet... starting to show traces of stuble...Finally...
Day Fifty-seven:
found myself missing murtagh today. Tried to scry him today, but saw black. Not good sign. Must accept murtagh's deadness. He's gone.
Personal Status: still rafting... not king yet...
Day Fifty-eight:
haven't written in days. Much closer to hedarth.
Personal Status: bored...not king...
Day Fifty-nine:
past hedarth, closer to forest. Asked arya what her problems were, she got a bit mad. Dragon made me apologize. Apparently... arya's afraid. Afraid of what! oh... we're all gonna die!
Personal Status: stuble on cheeks and chin coming in nicely...not king...
Day Sixty:
Arya has been showing me elf manners. Bloody hard if you ask anyone. Because in different language, puts damper on things.
Personal Status: ?...not king yet...
Day Sixty-one:
Made it to Forest... met elves: Lifaen, Nari, and Somebody else. Dwarf gaurds took for home WITH MUH HORSE, because apparently... he wouldn't fit in boat.
Personal Status: in company of singsongy elves... trying not to break into song... not king yet... no more room in diary... must find new book...
...End of First Volume...